Louisville Public Media

Louisville Public Media (LPM) is a non-profit organization that relies on community support to serve the Louisville metropolitan area. It operates three unique public radio stations along with an investigative newsroom. 89.3 WFPL News Louisville delivers a mix of local, national, and international news, along with public affairs and cultural content. 90.5 WUOL Classical Louisville is the only station in our city dedicated to classical music and fine arts. 91.9 WFPK Independent Louisville features a variety of independent and alternative music, covering different musical styles. Additionally, the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (KyCIR) focuses on holding those in power accountable through thorough investigative journalism.

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Our favorite albums of the week

2 days ago | lpm.org | Stephen Thompson |Brian Burns

Updated April 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM ETIt's Monday, and that means the annual Instagram conference called Coachella is finally behind us. For those of you interested in music with a slightly longer shelf life, our weekly New Music Friday episode spotlighted a handful of albums that we'll be listening to for a while. Members of TV on the Radio, Carolina Chocolate Drops, boygenius, even Bon Iver's touring band all released solo or duo albums last Friday.
Three University of Louisville graduates have work visas terminated by Homeland Security

6 days ago | lpm.org | Sylvia Goodman |Joe Sonka

Three recent University of Louisville graduates who received international visas through the school authorizing them to stay and work in their fields have had their legal status terminated by the Department of Homeland Security. A spokesman for the university confirmed Friday to Kentucky Public Radio that their visa database records had been terminated, a week after being asked if enrolled students or those in work placement programs have had visas pulled.
LISTEN: Kentucky military mom says book purges are violating her children’s rights

6 days ago | lpm.org | Sylvia Goodman

Jessica Henninger’s three younger children attend a school run by the Department of Defense Education Activity. That agency oversees 161 schools globally, including in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where the Henningers live. “My husband fights for our constitutional rights and our freedoms in this country, and to see those rights being taken away from my children was just absolutely something that I could not abide,” Henninger said.
Federal funding cuts threaten Kentucky’s future flood readiness

6 days ago | lpm.org | Roberto Roldan

Cities and counties in Kentucky received an official notice last week that the federal government was cancelling millions of dollars in infrastructure grants. The email hit the inboxes of local officials as they were still picking up the pieces from a once-in-a-decade flood that devastated the central and western parts of the state. The grants cancelled by President Donald Trump’s administration would have funded flood mitigation projects in Louisville.
Louisville’s Lexi Love looks back on RuPaul’s Drag Race run ahead of season finale

6 days ago | lpm.org | Breya Jones

From the moment Lexi Love stepped into the workroom of "RuPaul’s Drag Race" adorned in angel wings, she began making her way to the hearts of show fans. She continued to make her mark with standout runways, roller skating moves, a bit of drama, a performance so bad it circled back to good in the eyes of the judges and a lot of love. The Louisville drag queen advanced to the competition's finale, which airs Friday at 8 p.m. ET.
Kentucky auditor investigating Office of Medical Cannabis over licensing process

1 week ago | lpm.org | Joe Sonka

Kentucky Auditor Allison Ball announced Thursday her office is investigating the Office of Medical Cannabis and how it administered the lottery process for awarding business licenses last year. In a short press release, Ball indicated her office “has continued to receive complaints” about how the license application process was handled by the state.
Hamilton Leithauser: "Every generation thinks the new generation are getting it wrong"

1 week ago | lpm.org | Kyle Meredith

Hamilton Leithauser has always had the voice of a man who’s read a lot of Camus and yelled at a jukebox about it. But these days, he’s less into existential howling and more into making grooves that make his kids stop complaining in the car. Back with This Side of the Island, his first solo album in five years, Leithauser is in a different mode. “I always have stuff on the back burner,” he says. “Some of these songs I just couldn’t let go.
Chamber tops list of lobbying spenders in 2025 session of Kentucky legislature

1 week ago | lpm.org | Joe Sonka

The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce spent more to lobby the members of the Kentucky General Assembly than any other group in the 2025 legislative session that concluded at the end of March. More than 800 businesses and organizations reported spending roughly $8.7 million during the session, according to their filings with the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. Close to 90% of that spending was directed to their registered lobbyists, who attempt to sway lawmakers.
Quilts show Black Kentucky Derby jockeys in full color and scale

1 week ago | lpm.org | Breya Jones

Black jockeys who rode in the Kentucky Derby are depicted standing and sitting astride saddles. Intricate stitching, brightly colored fabric and full scale bring a strong presence to the quilts. “I've been an oil painter for about 10 or 15 years, and I wanted to do something that was quite different,” Eugene Poole Jr., the man behind the quilts, said. Poole considered mediums like sculpture, but he liked the idea of being able to take the colors of oil paints and find fabric equivalents.
Grief, joy and bacon: Ky man shares regenerative farming journey in upcoming documentary

1 week ago | lpm.org | Derek Parham

Willie Huston is a man who wears many hats. He's a devout husband and father, a talented bluegrass musician, a small-scale farmer and now the subject of an upcoming documentary on his regenerative farming journey. A growing number of farmers across the country are embracing traditional regenerative farming, moving away from large-scale industrial farming practices that have become the norm in recent decades.